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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 3408372" data-attributes="member: 2844">I think it's perfectly reasonable to suggest ways in which you think a programme could be improved. Positive criticism is always worthwhile whereas a "if you don't like it don't watch it" approach is guaranteed to ultimately end up with a stale product well past its sell by date.                                   The title is indeed "Springwatch" but not "Springwatch in the UK".  Arguably many sites in Europe are more accessible to UK residents than some of the locations covered in the series. Gibraltar, for example, can arguably be reached more easily and cheaply than, say the Outer Hebrides. I'm sure that most viewers would be both astonished & fascinated to learn that thousands of birds overfly the Rock.  Understanding our wildlife within a European context has huge relevance to a British audience who seem perfectly capable of relating to wildlife  programmes covering African, Asian, Australian wildlife etc. Only continental Europe seems to miss out. Embracing wildlife in a wider European context has nothing whatsoever to do with belonging to the  'twitching brigade'.  Large numbers of Britons visit continental Europe but haven't the faintest idea of what can be seen there (not just birds!).  Indeed, I'd suggest that it's perverse that the average viewer probably knows more about the fauna of Africa than Europe.</blockquote>